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Encj/. ii. 725, — Watsonia rubens, Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1072 

 Gladiolus rubens, Vahl, Enum, ii. 98. — Ixia punctata, Andr. Bot. Rep, 



t. 177. — Beilia triticea et spicata, EckL Top, Verz, 43, excl, syn. C, 

 B, Spei. 



Var. Zeyheri, Baker. C. B. Spei, 



W 



C. B, Spei, 



*### MiCRANTnas, Pers, Humiles^florilus minutis demissimis, 



spathce valvis margine late memhranaceis albis. 



12. W. SPICATA, Ker in Konig ^ Sims, Ann, i. 229. — Gladiolus spica- 



tus, Linn, Sp, Plant, i, 53, teste Ker, non Linn, herb, — G. tubulosus. 



Burnt, Prodr, 2. — G. fistulosus, Jacq. Hort. Schoen, t. 6. — Ixia fistu- 



losa, Ker in Bot. Mag, t. 523. — Micranthus fistulosus, EckL Top, 



Verz, 44. — Ixia spicata, Soland.; Willd, Sp, Plant, i. 200. — I. cepa- 



cea. Bed. Lil. t, 96.— Gladiolus alopecuroides, herb. Linn, ex parte. 



I. alopecuroidea, Linn, Suppl, 92. — Gladiolus alopecuroideus, Pers, 

 Syn, I. 46. C. B, Spei, 



t. W. PLANTAGINEA, Ker in Bat, Mag. t. 553. — Ixia plantaginea. 

 Ait, Hort, Kew. i. 59; Red, Lil. t, 198. — Gladiolus plantagineus, 

 Pers, Syn. i, 46. — Ixia triticea. Burnt, Prodr, 1. — Gladiolus triticeus, 

 Thunb, Fl, Cap, i, 194. — Plialangium spicatum, Houtt. Handl, xii. 

 t. 80. fig. 2. — Gladiolus alopecuroides, Linn. Sp. Plant, 54, ex parte. 

 Micranthus plantagineus et alopecuroideus, EckL Verz, Top, 43. — 



W. compacta, Lodd. Bot, Cab. t. 

 Var. JUNCEA, Baker, C, B. Spei. 



C. B. Spei. 



56. AciDAA'TUERA, Hochst. 



Hochst. in Regensb, Florae 1844, 25. — Sphaerospora, Klatt in 

 LinnceUj xxxii. 275, non Sweet. — Solenantbus, Steud, MS8. teste 

 Klatt, — G^ladioli et Ixise sp. auct, vet. 



Perianthiiim leviter irregulare, tube supra ovarium longe pro- 

 ducto cylindrico leviter curvato medio baud dilatato, limbi seg- 

 mentis subaequalibus oblongis vel oblanceolati?, inferioribus 

 flore expanso magis patulis fauce saepe maculatis. Stamina 

 3 ad faucem tubi unilateraliter inserta arcuata contigua, fila- 

 mentis filiformibus, antberis angustis basifixis, interdum con- 

 nectivo producto mucronatis. Ovaritim oblongum triloculare, 

 ovulis in loculo crebris ; stilus filiformis ex tube protrusus, 

 stigmatibus tribusparvis integris oblanceolatis. Capsula 'pavva 

 oblonga membranacea loculicide trivalvis, seminibus minutis 

 globosisy testa membranacea brunnea, albumine corneo. Herhm 



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